Electrical Maintenance Engineer Job Pontypridd area,Wales UK,Engineering

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Pontypridd

Salary: Circa £40,000

Shift: Days & Nights rotation

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a high-performing manufacturer in South Wales who are investing heavily in their site, machinery, and engineering function. This is a hands-on role where you'll be trusted to own breakdown response, drive reliability improvements, and keep production moving - the sort of environment that suits an engineer who enjoys fault finding, variety, and being close to the kit.

If you're an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer who enjoys getting to the root cause (not just swapping parts), you'll fit in well here.

This is what you'll be doing

As the Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you'll take responsibility for electrical fault finding and maintenance across a busy production environment, with plenty of opportunity to get involved in improvements and projects.

Carry out reactive maintenance and fault diagnosis on a range of production machinery, minimising downtime and restoring output safely and quickly
Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) routines, improving equipment reliability and helping to reduce repeat failures
Fault find on 3-phase motors, drives/inverters, sensors, control circuits, safety systems and panels
Support continuous improvement activity - identifying recurring faults, proposing fixes, and helping implement upgrades/modifications
Work safely within strict procedures including LOTO, permit-to-work, and site H&S standards

The experience you'll bring to the team

You’ll need a strong electrical maintenance foundation and the confidence to troubleshoot properly in an industrial setting.

Time-served / apprenticeship trained, with a relevant qualification (NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or similar
Proven experience in electrical maintenance within manufacturing / FMCG / heavy industry / automated environments
Confident fault finding from drawings and schematics, including working inside panels and on safety circuits
Comfortable working with drives/inverters, motor control, sensors, relays/contractors, and general control systems
A practical, proactive attitude - someone who communicates well, takes ownership, and works effectively as part of a wider engineering team

And this is what you'll get in return

This is a long-term role with stability, investment, and the chance to work in a team that values good engineering habits.

Competitive salary + shift allowance + overtime opportunities
Training and development support (including electrical/controls upskilling where needed)
A site where engineering is taken seriously - focus on reliability and continuous improvement, not firefighting forever
Strong benefits package (pension, holiday allowance, etc.

- full details shared at application stage)

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